Voting Comparison

Compare how two countries, blocs, or a country and a bloc voted on UN resolutions.

vs
6074 shared votes
70%
agreement
4278 agreed · 1796 diverged
6074 shared votes

Agreement Trend over Time

Agreement rate per year (years with ≥2 shared votes). Click a point or year label to filter the vote list below.

Position Matrix

How often each combination of positions occurred across all shared votes.

Rwanda
Cameroon Yes No Abstain
Yes 3871 1 112
No 7 2 2
Abstain 352 14 275

green = same position   amber = different position

Breakdown by Voeten Topic

Agreement rate per issue area (Voeten dataset, GA resolutions only). Dashed line shows overall agreement rate.

Middle East
49% 440/896
Nuclear/Arms
74% 427/579
Colonialism
54% 306/563
Human Rights
57% 442/773
Economic Dev.
71% 351/491
Disarmament
73% 572/779
Overall
70% 4278/6074

Most Divergent Votes

Resolutions where the two sides diverged most, sorted by how contested the overall vote was.

Resolution Cameroon Rwanda Y / N / A
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
non_voting yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
abstain no 80 / 62 / 33
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes abstain 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
yes abstain 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
yes non_voting 91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1997
yes non_voting 96 / 58 / 12
A/RES/57/222
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2002
yes non_voting 122 / 55 / 1
32/101
Assistance to Guinea-Bissau
1977
abstain yes 137 / 54 / 0
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
abstain yes 137 / 54 / 0
A/RES/62/149
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2007
abstain yes 104 / 54 / 29
A/RES/62/162
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2007
yes non_voting 132 / 54 / 0
A/RES/3238(XXIX)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the Royal Government of National Union of C…
1974
no abstain 56 / 54 / 24

Agreements on Contested Votes

Resolutions where both sides voted the same way despite significant opposition from others.

Resolution Both voted Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2013
yes 94 / 71 / 23
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
abstain 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2019
yes 79 / 60 / 33
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes 97 / 57 / 14
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes 91 / 57 / 21
A/RES/49/180
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1994
yes 97 / 57 / 14